Midlands Engine

Midlands Engine

The White Paper highlights to national policymakers the importance of a Midlands perspective in national energy security policy and the particular assets that the Midlands brings to strengthen the national approach:

•Energy system leadership and collaboration across industry, local Government and wider public and academic sectors, driving integrated energy and industrial planning •

Leading energy sector, skills and technical expertise 

Renewable and low-carbon generation, and battery and storage assets and opportunities • Strategic industrial clusters committed to decarbonisation and clean technologies

Leading R&D assets and a large-scale, diverse testbed for a range of solutions - urban and rural •

New investment vehicles including a Midlands Green Bond

Hydrogen Networks